Diesel Crisis and Priority Boarding
At Innsbruck airport, boarding is via a bus. This bus crosses the tarmac, sometimes covering as little as twenty-five metres distance as the crow flies, but is mandatory.
It's a two-carriage bendy bus.
While the bus is boarding, it has all its doors open, and its diesel engine idling. The diesel fumes come in to the bus, and the passengers breathe them. Mentioning this to the driver does not result in the engine being turned off.
Some passengers have "priority boarding". This means they get to go first to the diesel bus, to breathe in the diesel exhaust for longer. The ones without priority boarding stay longer in the lounge with the cafe. Everyone ends up on the same bus.
When the bus sets off, several people observe out loud what a tiny distance it covers. Sometimes the bus does a big circle to make it seem longer.
If Europeans want access to hydrocarbons again, maybe they should be more sensib
le about diesel exhaust. Just an idea.
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